Software Settings

Telegram

The repository version of Telegram has a few issues, like always starting in search mode.
I therefore suggest you download Telegram directly from telegram.org/dl/desktop/linux.
Just throw it into /opt/telegram/ or similar, then launch it to have it auto create your .desktop file.

Anyways, here are the settings I use in Telegram:

• Theme is t.me/addtheme/hezkore
  (blends perfectly with the Dracula GTK theme!)
• Interface scale 125% on 1080p monitors, 135% on 1440p monitors
• Right click "Archived chats" in the contact list and "Move to main menu"
• Resize Telegram to its minimum size, then drag drag down until 8 contacts are visible
• Settings → Chat Settings
  • Font family → "System font"
  • Disable "Replace emojis automatically"
• Settings → Notifications and Sounds
  • Disable "Desktop notifications"
  • Disable "Draw attention to the window" (really?)
  • Disable "Allow sounds"
  • Scroll down and disable "Include muted chats in unread count"
• Settings → Advanced
  • "Automatic media download" → "In private chats", "In groups" and "In channels", disable "Autoplay → Videos"
  • Enable "Show tray icon"
  • Enable "Launch Telegram when system starts"
  • Enable "Launch minimized"
  • Enable "Hardware accelerate video decoding"
  • Manage dictionaries → Enable "Swedish" (and English if it's not enabled)
    (wait for the download to finish before closing!)
  • Experimental settings → Enable "Show tabbed panel by click"
  • If desktop theme = "Dracula" & desktop not = "GNOME", Enable "Use system window frame"
    (looks fine in GNOME, but places the window incorrectly when minimizing and then restoring the window)